Schooling by design : mission, action and achievement /

Wiggins, Grant

Schooling by design : mission, action and achievement / Grant Wiggins. - Alexandra,VA : ASCD, 2007. - iv, 287p.: ill. 28cm

Includes bibliographic references and index

What is the mission of schooling? -- What should curriculum accomplish? -- How should curriculum be re-formed? -- How should teaching be appropriately depersonalized? -- What is the teacher`s job when teaching? -- What is the teacher`s job when not teaching? -- What is the job of an academic leader? -- How should backward design apply to school reform? -- What are the desired results of school reform? -- What evidence should we collect? -- What actions should we plan? -- What habits must we confront?

Provides a school reform strategy which focuses on a long-term mission; curriculum and assessment framework; set principles of learning; structures, policies, and staff that follow the mission; ongoing feedback and adjustments; and an effective planning process.


English

978-1-4166-0580-5


Education--Aims and objectives--United States
Educational change--UNITED STATES
Curriculum planning--United States.

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